Retro Caravan: the Beginning

1:12 scale kitset for caravan

Do you remember those little round caravans popular in the 1950s and 60s? Starliners, they were called. My husband, daughter and I went round the South Island in one when she was a toddler. The caravan looked cute and was very light to tow, so light in fact, that in strong winds it lifted off the ground. That was alarming!
   At our miniatures club, we are making 1:12 scale versions of them.
  So far at club, one of our members has created the kitsets from a design by Gayle. Bending the wood to make the rounded sides would have been a problem for those of us without special tools and machinery, so Laurie made the basic shell of the caravans up. 

The retro miniature caravan shell

   I'll take you on the journey with me - from pieces of wood to a completed caravan. Each month at our club meeting I'll do a bit more and post it on my blog so you can see it develop.
   So far I've (with help - I hate power tools) cut out the door, windows and wheel openings, and under-coated the body with acrylic paint.